As investors pile into build-to-rent, there are new movers and new products. Competition for new sites has seen many funders expand to direct development, and they find themselves faced with the chasm of the planning system and addressing challenges in perception.
“There is a misnomer of understanding exactly what BTR is and that renting is a bad thing,” says Rebecca Taylor, managing director of multi-family at Long Harbour. “The current housing delivery model isn’t working and so BTR should be seen as an opportunity to add to the existing housing stock as a new delivery model, not a replacement of anything else.”
Taylor says the sector needs to better demonstrate the work it is doing with ESG and modern methods of construction high on the agenda, in a bid to create long-term sustainable communities.
For BTR investment to maintain momentum it will need to overcome a number of barriers working with government, from planning to new policy and taxation.
In this webinar, EG’s residential editor Emma Rosser is joined by a panel of experts discussing the growth of the sector and the biggest challenges for the industry.
The panel:
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- Ed Crockett, head of UK residential investment, Aberdeen Standard Investments
- Kate Freer, executive vice-president, investments, Realstar Group
- Andrew Stanford, head of BTR, Colliers International
- Rebecca Taylor, managing director of multi-family, Long Harbour
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